Definition of throw

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Throw (n.) An effort; a violent sally.

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Tip :: Tip (n.) Rubbish thrown from a quarry.
Unshut :: Unshut (v. t.) To open, or throw open..
Spear :: Spear (n.) A long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting, by thrusting or throwing; a weapon with a long shaft and a sharp head or blade; a lance..
Thrill :: Thrill (v. t.) To hurl; to throw; to cast.
Upset :: Upset (v. t.) To overturn, overthrow, or overset; as, to upset a carriage; to upset an argument..
Fling :: Fling (v. i.) To throw; to wince; to flounce; as, the horse began to kick and fling..
Missile :: Missile (a.) Capable of being thrown; adapted for hurling or to be projected from the hand, or from any instrument or rngine, so as to strike an object at a distance..
Backfall :: Backfall (n.) A fall or throw on the back in wrestling.
Disturb :: Disturb (v. t.) To throw into disorder or confusion; to derange; to interrupt the settled state of; to excite from a state of rest.
Cockshy :: Cockshy (n.) A game in which trinkets are set upon sticks, to be thrown at by the players; -- so called from an ancient popular sport which consisted in shying or throwing cudgels at live cocks..
Enema :: Enema (n.) An injection, or clyster, thrown into the rectum as a medicine, or to impart nourishment..
Mangonel :: Mangonel (n.) A military engine formerly used for throwing stones and javelins.
Prostrate :: Prostrate (v. t.) To throw down, or cause to fall in humility or adoration; to cause to bow in humble reverence; used reflexively; as, he prostrated himself..
Subverted :: Subversive (a.) Tending to subvert; having a tendency to overthrow and ruin.
Emit :: Emit (v. t.) To send forth; to throw or give out; to cause to issue; to give vent to; to eject; to discharge; as, fire emits heat and smoke; boiling water emits steam; the sun emits light..
Flirt :: Flirt (v. t.) To toss or throw about; to move playfully to and fro; as, to flirt a fan..
Sprayboard :: Spray (v. t.) To throw spray upon; to treat with a liquid in the form of spray; as, to spray a wound, or a surgical instrument, with carbolic acid..
Plunge :: Plunge (v. i.) To pitch or throw one's self headlong or violently forward, as a horse does..
Bail :: Bail (v. t.) To lade; to dip and throw; -- usually with out; as, to bail water out of a boat..
Ree :: Ree (v. t.) To riddle; to sift; to separate or throw off.
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